Hafeez Surname
Approximately 173,418 people bear this surname
Hafeez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 127,685 | 1:1,399 | 216 |
| Yemen | 10,862 | 1:2,433 | 374 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8,427 | 1:3,662 | 493 |
| Sudan | 7,000 | 1:5,359 | 780 |
| India | 4,571 | 1:167,811 | 10,410 |
| Egypt | 2,715 | 1:33,862 | 3,580 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,470 | 1:3,709 | 473 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,389 | 1:14,981 | 2,125 |
| England | 1,255 | 1:44,397 | 5,614 |
| United States | 1,052 | 1:344,543 | 30,976 |
| Oman | 1,001 | 1:3,684 | 530 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Jordan | 740 | 1:11,949 | 2,108 |
| Kuwait | 540 | 1:7,038 | 984 |
| Qatar | 387 | 1:6,093 | 640 |
| Canada | 337 | 1:109,334 | 11,723 |
| Nigeria | 301 | 1:588,514 | 28,350 |
| Bahrain | 264 | 1:5,108 | 938 |
| Maldives | 178 | 1:2,271 | 222 |
| Malaysia | 157 | 1:187,861 | 11,202 |
| Palestine | 136 | 1:33,447 | 4,245 |
| Australia | 119 | 1:226,855 | 21,510 |
| Spain | 109 | 1:428,918 | 22,835 |
| Tunisia | 91 | 1:6,710 | 1,112 |
| Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
| France | 68 | 1:976,805 | 110,007 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:82,366 | 6,014 |
| South Africa | 35 | 1:1,547,934 | 78,799 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Guyana | 27 | 1:28,230 | 3,128 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| Iran | 14 | 1:5,484,466 | 128,255 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
The alternate forms: Hafeeź (1) are calculated separately.
Hafeez (183,091) may also be a first name.
Hafeez Demographics
Average Male Hafeez Height
172.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Hafeez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hafeez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hafeez (Arabic: الحفيظ, Hindi: हफीज) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant: Hafeeź. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hafeez? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,249th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 42,023 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Hafeez live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Hafeez is also the 5,738th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 183,091 people.
The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is carried by 127,685 people, or 1 in 1,399. In Pakistan Hafeez is most numerous in: Punjab, where 64 percent reside, Sindh, where 19 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Pakistan this last name exists in 84 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 6 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent reside.
Hafeez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Hafeez last name are 4.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Hafeez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.08% less than the national average, earning 338,881 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 42.84% less than the national average, earning R 135,840 per year; in United States they earn 24.28% more than the national average, earning $53,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.35% more than the national average, earning $53,337 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hafeez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hafeez in the Hindi language | ||
| हफीज | haphija | 81.56 |
| हफीज़ | haphiza | 13.11 |
| हफीज़ | haphiza | 4.67 |
| हफ़ीज़ | hafiza | 0.44 |
| हफ़ीज़ | hafiza | 0.22 |
| Hafeez in the Arabic language | ||
| الحفيظ | alhfyz | - |
| حفيظ | hfyz | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hafeez
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis